Gaga Gives

Yes, it’s Wednesday, but I think this Wal-Mart day needs to be interrupted for something more important, such as giving. Since we are in the season of giving and all that hand holding stuff I feel it only appropriate. I read yesterday that in exchange for free concert tickets, Lady Gaga would like to see fans volunteering time at a homeless shelter. That is so awesome. Fans will need to prove that they have volunteered 8 hours of their time and then they will receive a free ticket to her concert. Seriously, way to bring people out for a good cause. You get to perform a good deed and then get rewarded with a concert from your favorite artist. I think more artists should do this. According to the article I read, other artists who have done something similar to this have brought out more than 30,000 volunteers. It gets the kids out there helping the less fortunate.

I guess if you want to look at both sides of this you can argue that these kids should be able to get out there and volunteer without knowing there is some prize waiting for them, but since a lot of people don’t volunteer, this is a good endeavor in my opinion. If it gets people out there helping the less fortunate, then who cares what they get at the end. My view is that they will go out there and volunteer just for some big prize, but while volunteering they will see the light and realize they will want to do this more often. At least that is the hope. Either way, I love Lady Gaga even more for this. Yeah she can be kind of weird, but she freaking sings live and makes people volunteer. Both of those are rare.